Problems With Biolac

[periannath]

I am hand rearing 7 bullie puppies.I opened a new 5kg of Biolac this morning. The first three pups fed easily, as I tried to feed the next four the teat kept blocking up and I discovered that there was a mass of brown sediment in the bottle. I persevered (shaking the bottle ect) and got them all fed although it took a long time. On closer examination of the milk I found a many brown flecks through it.The next batch I mixed up for lunch was worse (more sediment) and I strained it through a stocking. I also tried both hotter and colder water to see if I could dissolve the sediment without sucess.

At the lunch the first three pups fed well,the last four didn't want to eat so I offered them some soaked advance which they had a bit of but they were not overly happy.I rang the number on the bucket and was lucky to get a nice lady who advised me she no longer handles the domestic species milk. She has advised me to contact the new owner on Tuesday.

I had a little milk from a previous litter left so I fed that tonight all but two puppies ate well and I am becoming concerned about these two if the perhaps the sediment is affecting them?

Any advice welcomed and I am wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing.

Thanx

[nobul]

Hi Meryl

I use wombaroo , i have had a problem b4 with Biolac and had puppies with upset tummies, it didnt have sedimanet but was lumpy.

Is there anyone close by who can lend you something else until Tuesday and then look in to it. I would personally be taking them off straight away if you can.

How old are they? are they too young to wean?

Cheers

Julie

[SoL]

I've used Biolac in the past, just mixed in with their food and stuff when weaning. I've now been told that it is the least accepted by pups' digestive systems of all the formulas on the market. No idea why. I've heard good things about Wombaroo, but I've been using Di Vetelact.

[periannath]

Thank you for your quick responses it is appreciated. Pups are 3 weeks but were 5 days premmie.Their little eyes have only been open for a couple of days.I have one tiny wee one who has been a bit of a struggle but thankfully has not been affected by this so far.

I was a big fan of wombaroo and swore by it but was unlucky enough to get a bad batch.Because I had used it with such success I was convinced it was not the milk and kept battling on for far too long to the puppies detriment.I got no follow up from the company either which was disappointing as they used to be great to deal with.Hence the change to Biolac.

They will have to have carnation milk tonight as it all I have.I am worried about doing the sudden change but what else can I do? I don't think they are ready for all solids,I have been giving them a little every day and will get them on as soon as I can .

[Jed]

If it were me, I wouldn't use the Biolac again. I never use anything which doesn't look100%, and that sounds off to me. I would also return it to where you bought it, and ask for a refund + maybe write to the company and tick them off.

I rarely post stuff like this, because people like "modern" stuff, but this is a very good milk replacer, and if you are using Carnation anyhow.....

1/2 Carnation milk - 12 ml

1/2 cows milk - 12 ml

Glucodin 1 spoonful

10 drops of Pentavite.

That wont be enough for your pups, so multiply the quantities

Watch them for tummy upsets from the Biolac.

Thousands of pups have been successfully raised on this. I like Divetalac, but I've used this in preference when the pups didn't seem to be going on.

[periannath]

Hi Jed,

Pups are doing much better on the carmation, egg yolks and pentivite drops.I have copied your recipe to have on hand.I think if I hadn't taken them off I would have had serious problems.One boy is just a tad off with a touch of belly ache.Gripe water and paraffin seem to have him nearly back to normal tonight.The sediment is still coming through this pup slowly.I'll certainly talk to them about the biolac tomorrow.We buy these formulas trying to give our pups the best start we can on the basis of all the science involved.These formulas should be quality controlled and should be exactly the same each bucket.It's just not satisfactory.Poor wee puppies.